Pacific Asia: The Politics of Development (The Making of the Contemporary World)

Book Cover......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of abbreviations......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
Development theories......Page 18
Development in Pacific Asia......Page 28
The political economy of \'Confucian\' capitalisms......Page 42
The political economy of \'ersatz capitalism\' in Southeast Asia......Page 57
Political development in Japan: a model of \'illiberal democracy\'?......Page 70
Political development in Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand: the triumph of democratisation......Page 82
Political development in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia: democratisation blocked......Page 99
\'Welfare Orientalism\' and social development in Pacific Asia......Page 113
The changing context of development: democratisation, globalisation and the 1997 crisis......Page 131
The rise of regionalism in Pacific Asia: contested visions, changing realities......Page 146
Conclusion......Page 159
Bibliography......Page 176
Index......Page 195